Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)

I too call for a debate on the 50,000 undocumented Irish working in the United States. The Seanad should support members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs who are travelling to the US to lobby the legislators. I am concerned that an anti-immigrant consensus is gaining momentum in the United States. This Government should do everything possible to ensure that the 50,000 undocumented Irish working in the United States get a chance to come back. Given that summer is approaching there will be many weddings and family occasions. These people, who are Irish citizens, cannot come back during the summer and we have to fight for them.